Trish Campbell

Instructor

Biography

Trish teaches communication and film study courses at RDP. Her research focuses on the social context of technology and public understanding of science, particularly biomedicine. Her interdisciplinary research combines approaches from media and communication studies and science and technology studies to address issues surrounding the public negotiation of expertise and practices of knowledge production and sharing.

Her scholarship of teaching and learning interests includes investigating the potential of new media as learning tools and exploring the practical implications of theories of embodied and collective knowledge. She has worked as a technical writer and editor.

Selected Publications

• Campbell, P. (2021). “Lay participation with medical expertise in online self-care practices: Social knowledge (co)production in the Running Mania injury forum. Social Science and Medicine (1982), 277, 113880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113880

• Campbell, P. (2020). Review of Thompson, Michael J.; Smulewicz-Zucker, Gregory R., eds. AntiScience and the Assault on Democracy: Defending Reason in a Free Society. H-Albion, H-Net Reviews. February, 2020. URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=53553

Education

Ph.D. (Communication and Media Studies), University of Calgary
M.A. (Communication Studies), McGill University
B.A. (English, Honours), University of Alberta